Thanks Janina. I have just updated the text file on the site to be licensed under the gnu/fdl. I went and read the license text from the sfs site, and it looks like what I intend. Thanks for pointing me at this. Gene >OK, Gene. I'll undertake an html edition of your HOWTO. I'll send it to >you first when I've finished. I agree about the value of keeping both a >plain text and html edition. > >I think the main diff between GPL and GFDL is the language involved. >After all, documentation is not code. So, the GPL's authorization to >copy and improve code is meaningless with documentation. The GFDL >specifies about the freedom to distribute, modify, etc., and under what >conditions--in other words keeping the same principles in play, but for >the text, not for the code that isn't present anyway. > >Thus, copyright being a legal thing, it has some legal teeth, where GPL >probably doesn't. But, I am no lawyer as you well know. > >Gene Collins writes: >> Hi Janina. The version number is a good idea. >> >> If you'd like to make an html file, I'd apreciate that. The Table of >> Contents is a good idea, as well as links to the urls mentioned in the >> document. >> >> When you have the html file ready, let me know. I think we'll keep both >> the html version and the plain text version on the site. >> >> I haven't checked out the documentation license yet. Can you brieffly >> summarize the differences from the GPL? Thanks. > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
